Union Beach man attacked in FEMA Tent City in Linden

Nov. 13, 2012

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Anthony M. Urbaeznina, 22, of Elizabeth / Linden Police Department

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LINDEN — A 22-year-old Elizabeth man has been charged with aggravated assault after he allegedly struck a 31-year-old Union Beach man with a wooden 2x4 in the Tent City for utility workers set up along Routes 1 and 9.

Around 12:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12 police were sent to the FEMA Tent City, 1016 W. Edgar Road, the former General Motors plant property, for a report of an assault.

Police were told by eyewitnesses that Anthony M. Urbaeznina, 22, of Elizabeth, went up to the victim, a 31-year-old Union Beach man and struck him repeatedly with a wooden 2x4 in the arms and collarbone. The victim fell to the ground and became unconscious.

Police said Urbaeznina had helped build the tent city and the Union Beach man had been his boss on the project.

The Linden Fire Department ambulance and paramedics responded and treated the Union Beach man at the scene before transporting him to University Hospital in Newark.

Police said Urbaeznina was apparently terminated as an employee earlier in the day and returned to confront his boss.

Urbaeznina was charged with aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a weapon, the wooden 2x4, and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. He was sent to the Union County Jail in Elizabeth in lieu of $12,500.00 bail